. Our country: West. ers legs, and deer areincreasing in numbers. It is said that the herd of twohundred buffalo about the Yellowstone I^ake show signs ofincreased confidence in man. Unusual vigilance will be practised by the park superin-tendent to protect this bison herd, and if nature would butkindly endow the poor beasts with instinct to remain in thepark, this last remnant of a once mighty race might survivehere for centuries, to remind future generations of thecountless herds which once roamed over the entire West. Another and less pleasing result of prohibition of shootingis the multipl
. Our country: West. ers legs, and deer areincreasing in numbers. It is said that the herd of twohundred buffalo about the Yellowstone I^ake show signs ofincreased confidence in man. Unusual vigilance will be practised by the park superin-tendent to protect this bison herd, and if nature would butkindly endow the poor beasts with instinct to remain in thepark, this last remnant of a once mighty race might survivehere for centuries, to remind future generations of thecountless herds which once roamed over the entire West. Another and less pleasing result of prohibition of shootingis the multiplication of bears. Black bears, silver-tip bears,cinnamon bears and roach-back bears are found in the park IN THE YELLOWSTONE PARK. 8l in greatly increased numbers, and some shooting may have tobe done to keep these creatures within proper limits. This wise protection of life makes the park a paradise forthe smaller birds which naturally inhabit such regions. Thebeautiful valley of the Yellowstone may become the happy. The Yellowstone Valley. refuge of the songsters which the ruthless fowlers have drivento the companionship of the bison. One privilege is granted to the sportsman. He may findas satisfactory fishing in the park as in any other regionfrequented by tourists. A hundred pounds of trout a day isno unusual catch for a single rod. That unusual fish, thegrayling, is also found in the park, in the Madison River. 82 IN THE PARK. But another prohibition is necessary, and tourists maysome time find a strange notice like this : Do Not Soap the Geysers. To soap a geyser is a very naughty act ; and for thatreason, perhaps, many tourists seem strongly tempted totransgress in this manner. An alkali dropped into the bowl of a geyser will frequentlycause it to act at once, and in a particularly frantic manner ;and as certain of the geysers are somewhat tardy in exhibitingtheir spouting powers, it is a temptation to many youngpeople, and to a few older ones, to drop a ca
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